Tapered Tuning Pins

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi All,
Back on list after a few weeks and glad to see different topics.
The bass only?
Take out the pins and drill out a 1"x1" x6" stick to hold the pin as you
polish the pin with a wire brush on your grinder. If you want them blued
send to "Mother" or to your local gun person.
Swab the hole with thick CA or if you are quick 5 minute epoxy and string.
I like the CA best as it can be applied as you go and not set up and cause
problems.
I tried to ream a block and found for me the drill did not follow the hole.
I like the two drill pass idea for that reason. The second pass with a
larger size than the first woudl clean up most errors caused by the tapered
hole.
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Driscoll" <tomtuner@comcast.net>
To: "'Pianotech'" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 9:21 AM
Subject: RE: Tapered Tuning Pins


>
>
> Subject: Re: Tapered Tuning Pins
>
> Why not use the tapered pins that are already there? Wind the
> string/coil, a
> slight tap and you're there! That's the beauty of tapered pins. The only
> caveat would be if some yahoo, already "tapped" them too much. In that
> case,
> it is a good idea to ream/drill the holes with appropriate drill to make
> the
> hole the same dimension throughout it's length. If you don't have my
> chart
> for this, please reply off line and I'll post one to you.
> Best Regards,
> Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
>
>
> Joe,
> Cause their butt-ugly to coin your phrase,what with the rust and
> all. And yes they were tapped in a bit
> Tom -still cold in Mass. Driscoll
>
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